Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 newborns in Islamabad maternity ward

14 newborn infants died in the hospital fire, with families experiencing devastating loss and trauma from the preventable tragedy.

In the early hours of August 26, a fire consumed the nursery ward of a hospital in Islamabad, taking the lives of at least 14 newborn infants — children who had existed in the world for only days. What deepens the grief into anger is the detail that has since emerged: exit doors were locked, turning a disaster into something that bore the unmistakable shape of preventable tragedy. The incident now forces Pakistan — and the broader human community — to confront the quiet violence of institutional neglect, where the systems built to protect the most vulnerable become the very conditions of their

Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 newborns in Islamabad maternity ward

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